Originally Posted by WYcoyote
Originally Posted by jwp475
Would go through a 50# box of 3/16" 8010 every day on a firing line

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Nice bead.

Don't remember the alloy of pipe, but at a compressor station in Bennett CO for El Paso Gas everyone (including me) was getting pinholes like a MF along the edges.

Did lots of camo work with a file before the inspector came. He was sharp, knew where you did it most of the time, no matter how good you were hiding it.


Keep the cap narrow helps to avoid pinholes on the edges. Also check the batch numbers on the cans of rods and stay with the batch numbers that don't pinhole as much
Also bad welding leads can cause pinholes as wells as to slow travel speed and machine set too hot

Last edited by jwp475; 07/03/22.

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